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An Original Tale
Here’s the proof and a ream of fresh minutes A walk to the font, sans seraph. (It’s summertime.) Water marks bleeding over the page A margin of color sequence in coffee tones. (It’s routine.) Attention, widows! Orphans, find your places. A breve of a smile pronounces the blessing. (And random acts of typos.) A job…
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A Guilded Gotham Mystery Series
Kate Belli Mystery Book One: Deception by Gaslight Book Two: Betrayal on the Bowery Book Three: Treachery on Tenth Street Book Four: Opulence and Ashes Set in Manhatten in the Gilded Age, these books are light cozy mysteries. After Genevieve Stewart, whose family is part of Mrs. Astor’s famed 400, was jilted by her fiance,…
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michelle Richardson, 2019, historical fiction, 320 pages Cussy Mary Martin’s father wants to see her married and settled before he leaves her an orphan. He has miner’s lung and doesn’t expect to live long. But Cussy has a rare genetic disorder that makes her skin blue, and most of the community think she isn’t…
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Table Service
The ritual of eating together is full of symbolism. If an author wants to show what a relationship is like between two of his characters, he only needs to have them eat a meal together. They may sit down in stony silence. One might experience indigestion. They may gaze into each other’s eyes and linger…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; The rains fall soft upon your fields, And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand. This is a very old and the most traditional of…
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The Awakening of Miss Prim
Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera, 2013, 258 pages The Awakening of Miss Prim is a cozy story about a modern, educated, proud and inflexible woman who answers an ad to be a librarian in the village of San Ireneo. Her employer is educating his nieces and nephews and needs help organizing his extensive library. From time to…
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